Fiba World Cup 2023 Philippines

[DAdmiral]

Porzingis pulls out of team Latvia due to injury concerns. Damn superstars are pulling out of the World Cup, this sucks, no Jokic, Giannis, Sabonis, Porzingis, Team USA A stars.

This is turning into a B tournament, pre Olympics, with the Olympics and OQT next year the A Premier tournament.

[Silent Killer]

no matter how hard fiba tries to copy fifa, fiba can’t have the same authority fifa has.. i mean look at fifa whenever theirs a major tournament, no problems of lending of players (world cup, euro cup, qualifiers) but look at fiba.. major stars declining left and right and no major stars even in qualifiers..

fiba world cup won’t be the same as fifa world cup..

[DAdmiral]

For football World cup is the premier event and Olympics is a distant less prestigious, for FIBA it's the reverse the Olympics is the premier event , with the World cup being quite a distant 2nd .
the world cup has also been water down to accommodate for wider participation among less stronger zones , Asia and Africa.

[Palermo500]

no matter how hard fiba tries to copy fifa, fiba can’t have the same authority fifa has.. i mean look at fifa whenever theirs a major tournament, no problems of lending of players (world cup, euro cup, qualifiers) but look at fiba.. major stars declining left and right and no major stars even in qualifiers..

fiba world cup won’t be the same as fifa world cup..

If FIBA can match FIFA or be clear cut second best tournament in the world, it needs to develop better parity and USA has to hopefully stop dominating every tournament and you can’t do anything but hope other countries catch up.
I honestly would work with Olympics to either expand the teams to make it like the FIFA WC or make Olympics under 23 again.

Olympics is kind of watered down when it’s like a two week tournament and only 12 teams.

[ja.he]

For as long as the NBA is the world's pre-eminent professional league, FIBA will never have the authority like what FIFA is enjoying right now. For as long as other national teams are not constantly winning the gold medal, both in the Olympics and in the World Cup, the interest of fans, Americans or not, will always be lower. US has been dominating the basketball scene from the very beginning. In FIFA, the playing field is much more balanced.

In my opinion, one way to address the apparent imbalance between the NBA/US and the world is to elevate level of the competition of other countries' domestic leagues. American and international prospects want to go in the NBA. Have you ever heard a prospect that wants to play in Europe or in Asia?

[Palermo500]

Porzingis pulls out of team Latvia due to injury concerns. Damn superstars are pulling out of the World Cup, this sucks, no Jokic, Giannis, Sabonis, Porzingis, Team USA A stars.

So it’s basically Luka (hopefully), Murray(hopefully), SGA, Edwards, Ingram, Jaren Jackson, Brunson, Bridges, KAT, Markenhan, Jonas, Clarkson, Rui(I think),Gobert, DS, and Fran’s Wagner as best players this WC.

it would be much better if one of Giannis and Jokic played, and KP was solid but frustrating not seeing stars in this WC and pretty other WCs the past couple of years.

considering the culture here more stars would’ve loved it here.

[greenarcher]

I doubt Murray will join.

[Palermo500]

For as long as the NBA is the world's pre-eminent professional, FIBA will never have the authority like what FIFA is enjoying right now. For as long as other national teams are not constantly winning the gold medal, both in the Olympics and the World Cup, the interest of fans, Americans or not, will be always lower. US has been dominating the basketball scene from the very beginning. In FIFA, the playing field is much more balanced.

In my opinion, one way to address the apparent imbalance between the NBA/US and the world is to elevate level of the competition of other countries' domestic leagues. US and international prospects want to go in the NBA. Have you ever heard a prospect that wants to play in Europe or in Asia? This is the reason why other leagues should also lure the best talents in the world.

Yeah I agree with that especially since I have started following Euroleague. Issue is from what I’ve asked, it seems impossible for Euroleague to ever match the popularity or money the NBA brings. Most of even the top stats there still make like 9-10 million at best.

I think the Euroleague can be more popular, but there promotion is not great and will be hard to get all the top markets there for Euroleague to do great in those markets outside Spain and maybe a country like Germany or France.

might they can just get some of the bigger countries to air Euroleague in mainstream channels and make more money, maybe they can pay players around 15-20 million a year which can entice some young good Europeans to stay or attract some NBA talent, but it will be hard with the NBA always being the main dream for most ballers.

[Palermo500]

I doubt Murray will join.

Murray playing makes Canada one of the strongest teams outside the US in recent memory.

I really hope he plays even for a couple of games but it’s what it is.

[ja.he]

NBL is helping young prospects to make it into the NBA. The same is true with the leagues in Europe. I mean why not develop the leagues there into global ones like the NBA? NBA needs competition, not the other way around.

[greenarcher]

Murray playing makes Canada one of the strongest teams outside the US in recent memory.

I really hope he plays even for a couple of games but it’s what it is.

Yeah. He will be the difference maker for Canada whether they get a medal or not.

[CoJ]

So it’s basically Luka (hopefully), Murray(hopefully), SGA, Edwards, Ingram, Jaren Jackson, Brunson, Bridges, KAT, Markenhan, Jonas, Clarkson, Rui(I think),Gobert, DS, and Fran’s Wagner as best players this WC.

it would be much better if one of Giannis and Jokic played, and KP was solid but frustrating not seeing stars in this WC and pretty other WCs the past couple of years.

considering the culture here more stars would’ve loved it here.

and to think both Giannis and Jokic played during the windows and at the Eurobasket. so, for now Luka is the highest profile NBA star in the World cup. Makes you think if these b stars are enough to sell out MOA and the Araneta. Luckily Phil Arena is off the table

[digitalsuperman]

and to think both Giannis and Jokic played during the windows and at the Eurobasket. so, for now Luka is the highest profile NBA star in the World cup. Makes you think if these b stars are enough to sell out MOA and the Araneta. Luckily Phil Arena is off the table

i thought the opening will be at Phil Arena?

[CoJ]

i thought the opening will be at Phil Arena?

yup opening still at the phil arena,

but i doubt they’ll be able to sell put the phil arena for the knockout stage with superstars declining to participate (aside from the logistics nightmare)

[Palermo500]

and to think both Giannis and Jokic played during the windows and at the Eurobasket. so, for now Luka is the highest profile NBA star in the World cup. Makes you think if these b stars are enough to sell out MOA and the Araneta. Luckily Phil Arena is off the table

I think USA will see great crowds and maybe DR with an all star like KAT will draw great interest.

IDK if Slovenia, Canada, and France can play in Manila, but they probably will draw great interest especially Luka.

IDK which country has best fan support but Lithuanians have a great NT fanbase. Hopefully they make it far too.